Monitoring network
Scotland monitoring network
Hydrionis holds continuous records from 712 monitoring locations in Scotland, the earliest opening in 1929.
712
Monitoring locations
296,739
Observations held
1929–2026
Record span
3
Kinds of measurement
Where the network is
Scotland monitoring network
358 sampling and rain gauges · 309 river gauges · 45 observation boreholes
400 of 712 locations drawn, sampled evenly across the network so the map stays a reasonable size and still shows where coverage is dense and where it is thin. Every location is held in full and reachable through the data.
What is measured
| Measurement | Locations | Values held |
|---|---|---|
| Mean monthly river flow | 309 | 164,142 |
| Monthly precipitation | 358 | 118,576 |
| Groundwater level | 45 | 10,910 |
What kind of place is monitored
| Kind | Locations |
|---|---|
| Sampling and rain gauges | 358 |
| River gauges | 309 |
| Observation boreholes | 45 |
Elsewhere
All networks · the underlying series are published through the dataset catalogue and the static API.